Teju Cole: The White Savior Industrial Complex (The Atlantic)
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8 weeks ago by matthewmcvickar
If we are going to interfere in the lives of others, a little due diligence is a minimum requirement.
8 weeks ago by matthewmcvickar
Ethan Zuckerman: Unpacking Kony 2012 (My heart’s in Accra)
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10 weeks ago by matthewmcvickar
If we need simple narratives so people can amplify and spread them, are we forced to engage only with the simplest of problems? Or to propose only the simplest of solutions?
10 weeks ago by matthewmcvickar
Matthew Parris: As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God
december 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Interesting, though I do not totally agree. (Is Christianity not itself a tribe? An ideological one, at least, if not geographically contiguous.) There is the same food for thought here that I've been chewing on for years... it is a conundrum I cannot reconcile.
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december 2008 by matthewmcvickar
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